When Shen Ning woke up the next morning, she was almost fully recovered, but she did not announce it to the outside world and continued to recuperate in her room.
She really didn't want to go out and kneel anymore; it was so cold, kneeling there would be deadly.
Moreover, she had no filial piety whatsoever towards the old lady. She had already played her part to the role, so naturally, she would avoid it as much as possible while she was sick.
She left all the external affairs to Shen Sui, since she was happy to do so anyway.
Shen Sui felt like she had returned to the time when she could give orders in the Shen family and have everyone do whatever she wanted. The people in the front yard, having received Shen Ning's instructions, did not cause her any trouble. The only thing that Shen Sui could not decide was that Shen Shu wanted to come in.
Shen Ning gave the order that Shen Shu was not allowed to enter the Shen family's gate again, and the Shen family's gatekeepers guarded the gate to prevent anyone from entering.
Shen Sui also felt that Shen Shu was not a good person because she was not content to stay at home, but now it was a funeral, and filial piety was of paramount importance. She couldn't just not let people come in to kowtow and show their respect.
Shen Sui wanted to call the person in, but the gatekeeper only obeyed Shen Ning and refused to let them in.
Shen Sui had no choice but to go to Shen Ning, but Liu Ying and Mo Lin stopped her. Shen Ning was still recuperating and would not see anyone. As for Shen Shu, Shen Ning gave a strict order: even if she died, she was not allowed to enter the Shen family again.
Shen Sui was furious, and Shen Shu was furious too, so they simply knelt down at the gate of the Shen family.
Kneeling in the freezing cold in front of his own door, just to fulfill his filial duty, who wouldn't say he has a heart of filial piety? Who wouldn't curse the Shen family for being heartless?
Shen Sui felt ashamed as she watched the people pointing and whispering.
He tried to block the gatekeeper and let Shen Shu in by pulling his son along, but Liu Ying came out with her people.
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to look, wanting to see how this matter would be handled.
"What are you doing, Second Miss?" Liu Ying's expression was calm and her tone gentle; she was not flustered by the scene.
Shen Sui immediately said, "Shen Shu, get up quickly."
He quickly went to help her up, saying, "Your older sister has forgiven you. Come in quickly. Don't kneel here at the door. What kind of image does it make with so many people around?"
Shen Shu was out of her mind. Shen Sui gave her a way out, but she wouldn't take it. She shook off Shen Sui's hand and looked at Liu Ying stubbornly: "Let my sister come out. I want to hear her say it herself."
Shen Sui's vision went black. Is this girl out of her mind?
"Your sister is still sick, why did she come out?"
Shen Shu: "I don't care. If my sister doesn't say she forgives me in person, I'll kneel here forever."
Shen Sui: ...What the heck?!
Liu Ying chuckled, "Second Miss, you've misunderstood. I'm not here because the Eldest Miss agreed to let you through this door, but to ask you to kneel further away. This freezing weather is the easiest place to freeze to death. Don't die in front of the Shen family's gate; they won't collect your body."
Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in uproar.
Shen Shu looked at Liu Ying in disbelief, feeling wronged and angry: "Did you say this or did my sister say it? Ah!! My sister wouldn't treat me like this, it must be you. You're a servant who's bullying her master. I'm the second young lady of the Shen family, how dare you treat me like this?"
Those who witnessed this sighed, "This is going too far. They just wanted to go in and fulfill their filial duties. Why go to such extremes?"
"This young lady probably still holds a grudge against the second young lady for stealing her husband."
“One thing at a time. It’s wrong for the second young lady to snatch the bride, but now that a funeral is being held, how can we not let people go in and kowtow? That’s really going too far.”
Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, Shen Sui felt her face burning with embarrassment.
"Alright, I am Shen Ning's aunt. I'm in charge today, so you can go in."
After saying that, she pulled Liuying: "You are just a maid, you should know how to be flexible in your actions. I will go and persuade Shenning later. Sisters shouldn't be so estranged."
Liu Ying avoided Chen Sui's hand: "This matter cannot be decided by the eldest aunt. This servant is here on the orders of the eldest young lady."
She looked at Shen Shu and said, word by word, in a ruthless judgment: "The eldest young lady is too lazy to argue with you about the matter of the forced marriage and the subsequent divorce, because that Wei Congwen is not a good person and is not worthy of the eldest young lady. The eldest young lady disdains to be angry with you, but after you got the marriage, the eldest young lady said that she would sever ties with you and that you would no longer be sisters. Our Shen family will no longer have such a second young lady."
Just as Shen Shu was about to speak, Liu Ying raised her hand to interrupt her: "Don't rush, I haven't finished yet."
“The young lady once said that people can make mistakes, but they cannot repeat the same mistake. You had an affair with someone during your marriage to Wei Congwen. It is the Wei family’s business if they can tolerate it, but my Shen family’s family values cannot produce a daughter like that.”
"Furthermore, after your divorce from Wei Congwen, you spent your days and nights with your lover on the estate. Countless people on and off the estate witnessed this, which is shameful and an indisputable fact."
“The Shen family will not accept such a shameless and unrespecting daughter. You don’t need to make a scene here, nor do you need to talk about filial piety. When the old lady was alive, the eldest daughter was responsible for all her food, clothing and daily necessities. You have never served the old lady a cup of water all year round. You were unfilial in life and will kneel for a long time after death. It is ridiculous to talk about filial piety.”
"After the young lady was injured, she was very weak. She caught a cold during the snow and wind while observing mourning these past two days, and her old injury flared up again, so she was unable to come out to reply to you in person. Therefore, she asked me to convey a message to you. The young lady has written to the clan head, and after the clan head sent people to investigate and confirm the truth, you were expelled from the Shen family genealogy five days ago."
Shen Shu felt as if the sky had fallen: "How could she do this?"
Liu Ying: "You can ask the uncles sent by the Shen family patriarch what they saw on the estate, which is why they rushed back to remove you from the Shen family genealogy without even entering the capital."
Shen Shu thought about how she had been fooling around with Han Yin on the estate, having their intimate moments, and how her uncle had seen it.
She felt like the sky had fallen.
Shen Shu slumped to the ground, speechless. Shen Sui only heard half of what was said. Although she didn't fully understand, she could still understand the parts about "having an affair during marriage" and "spending time with her lover on the estate day and night."
Her values wouldn't tolerate such a lack of self-respect.
She had just wanted to help Shen Shu go in, but now she just wanted to kick her as far away as possible. How could the Shen family produce such a despicable person?
Shen Ning did the right thing. This kind of person should be expelled from the family tree and it would be best if he died outside.
The onlookers were shocked and dumbfounded. How could this commotion have escalated to the point of expulsion from the family tree?
However, when they thought about what Shen Shu had done, they couldn't help but feel contempt. Ugh, shameless.
If someone like that were in their own family, they would definitely kick them out too.
This is so shameful; it's a disgrace to the family.
Several servants moved Shen Shu away from the Shen family's gate and even sent someone to block her from kneeling in front of the gate.
Now, no one criticized the Shen family for their ruthlessness.
Someone who had just arrived was confused and wanted to say something, but someone immediately explained to him: "Don't pity her yet, it's like this..."
After the explanation, no one could sympathize with Shen Shu anymore.
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